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WETF Show - Eddie South - the "Dark Angel of the Violin" in some 1940's studio and live recordings Apr 13, 2022

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Eddie South . . recordings in the late 1930's and 40's of the "Dark Angel of the Violin" - mostly with his own trio and quartet but with a guest appearance on the Vaughn Monroe Show - featuring Billy Taylor, Hank Jones and others.

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Jim Cullum Sr - Traditional Jazz from San Antonio! Apr 03, 2022

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Jim Cullum, Sr Jazz Band - jazz from San Antonio in the 1960's and 70's - traditional jazz tracks with Jim Cullum Sr and Jr, Cliff Gillette, and others . .

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WETF Show - Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934-36 with Red Allen, JC Higginbotham, Joe Garland and others Apr 03, 2022

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Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934-36 featuring Red Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Tab Smith, Edgar Hayes, Crawford Wethington and Joe Garland with a lot of great Garland arrangements.

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Freddy Gardner - great English saxophone player of the 1930's and 40's Mar 31, 2022

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Freddy Gardner - great (if under-remembered) saxophonist in England in the 1930's and 40's - these are great jazz recordings under his own name as well as with Benny Carter, Bert Ambrose , Buck and Bubbles and others . . including Norman Payne, Cecil Norman, Ted Heath, Bill Mulraney and others

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WETF Show - James Moody and Art Blakey in 1947-48 . . Cool meets Bop Mar 31, 2022

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James Moody and Art Blakey - early Bop/Cool/Hard Bop from Blue Note, 1947 and 48. Larger bands featuring Moody, Blakey, David Burns, Kenny Dorham, Ernie Henry, Sahib Shihab, Musa Kaleem, Cecil Payne and others - arrangements by Payne, Dorham, and Gil Fuller.

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WETF Show - Dick Wellstood live from the Sticky Wicket in 1988 Mar 21, 2022

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Dick Wellstood live from the Sticky Wicket in Holliston, MA in November 1988 . . solo piano spanning ragtime, stride, swing and even some bop thrown in.

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European Bari . . baritone sax players in Europe in the 1950's .. Lars Gullin, William Boucaya, Harry Klein Mar 21, 2022

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European Bari . . baritone sax players in Europe in the 1950's .. Lars Gullin, William Boucaya, Harry Klein

A great tradition of bari playing - late swing and bebop also featuring a host of other great jazz players from England, France and Sweden.

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WETF Show - Count Basie ..The Count Steps In - 1937-38 live recordings with Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing, etc. Mar 14, 2022

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WETF Show - Count Basie Live - 1937-38 . . Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, Benny Morton, Jimmy Rushing and Helen Humes with the All American Rhythm Section from the Chatterbox, Savoy and Famous Door!

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Bebop Clarinet in Europe - Maurice Meunier, Hubert Rostaing, Arne Domnerus and Vic Ash Mar 14, 2022

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A series of little known clarinetists in Europe in the 1950's - Maurice Meunier and Hubert Rostaing (France), Arne Domnerus (Sweden) and Vic Ash (England) with numerous continental jazz stars like Martial Solal, Pierre Michelot and Benny Vasseur treading a middle ground between swing and bop.

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WETF Show - May, 1927. So you think you had a busy week? Listen to the product of one week in May, 1927 . .Louis, Bix, Henderson, Red Nichols, etc. Mar 08, 2022

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WETF Show - May, 1927. So you think you had a busy week? Listen to the product of one week in May, 1927 - including Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven, The Frank Trumbauer Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke, that Arkansas Travellers with Red Nichols, Louis Armstrong's Stompers, Sol S. Wagner and His Orchestra, The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, Dixie Stompers, Bert Firman, Charles Dornberger

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